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Friday, August 26, 2011

Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation services, today announced that it has been mentioned as a sample vendor in a report entitled, “Hype Cycle for Infrastructure Protection, 2011” by respected industry analyst firm Gartner. In the August 10 report, Gartner predicts DDoS defense will achieve mainstream adoption in less than two years and lists it as “highly beneficial” on its Priority Matrix.

Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation services, today announced that it has been mentioned as a sample vendor in a report entitled, “Hype Cycle for Infrastructure Protection, 2011” by respected industry analyst firmGartner.

In the August 10 report, Gartner predicts DDoS defense will achieve mainstream adoption in less than two years and lists it as “highly beneficial” on its Priority Matrix.

A DDoS attack is an attempt to make a computer resource (i.e. web site, e-mail, voice, or a whole network) unavailable to its intended users. By overwhelming a web site and/or server with data and/or requests, the target system either responds so slowly as to be unusable or crashes completely. The data volumes required to do this are typically achieved by a network of remotely controlled Zombie or botnet [robot network] computers.

"Gartner client calls on DDoS have increased and DDoS services are nearing "must-have" status. Any Internet-enabled application that requires guaranteed levels of availability should employ DDoS protection to meet those requirements."

According to Gartner Vice President and Research Fellow, John Pescatore, Gartner client calls on DDoS have increased and DDoS services are nearing "must-have" status. In the report, he states, “DDoS mitigation services should be a standard part of business continuity/disaster recovery planning and be included in all Internet service procurements when the business depends on the availability of Internet connectivity. Any Internet-enabled application that requires guaranteed levels of availability should employ DDoS protection to meet those requirements.” The report also lists 10 sample DDoS mitigation providers, including Prolexic.

“Because DDoS is all we do, we have more expertise, more experience and more network resources dedicated to fighting these attacks than any other provider,” said Scott Hammack, chief executive officer at Prolexic. “That’s why large, complex attacks that can overwhelm other providers always end at Prolexic.”

Since 2003, Prolexic has been protecting Internet facing infrastructures against all known types of DDoS attacks at the network, transport and application layers with a distributed global network of scrubbing centers. By dedicating more bandwidth to attack traffic than any other provider – supplemented by proprietary tools, techniques, and experienced security experts – Prolexic has been able to handle the largest and most sophisticated DDoS attacks ever launched.

Prolexic’s singular focus on DDoS mitigation also avoids potential conflicts of interest between business groups for companies that offer multiple service lines. This can occur when a DNS provider also offers “add on” DDoS mitigation services, for example. If the same infrastructure that supports DNS services is overwhelmed by a DDoS attack, it is possible that DDoS customers will be sacrificed to protect DNS customers and the company’s core business. Pure play DDoS mitigation providers like Prolexic do not have this concern.

“Five of the ten largest global banks, e-Commerce providers, payment processors and others with mission critical Internet-facing infrastructures trust Prolexic to protect them from DDoS attacks and restore availability in minutes,” said Hammack. “That’s why Prolexic is the gold standard for DDoS monitoring and mitigation.”